PHOENIX — The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, an independent, investigative newsroom launched in 2012, has been awarded 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service. The Center, known as AZCIR, is a statewide, accountability reporting...

PHOENIX – Hundreds of voters in Colorado City made nearly identical choices when casting ballots in the November 2014 election, continuing a bizarre trend where a block of voters didn’t choose any candidate in some races, but voted almost 100 percent for...

Editor’s note: This post was updated on March 24, to reflect which organizations have filed annual reports since first publication. See below for the most recent list. Every year, organizations registered with the state as lobbying entities are required to file...

The connection between Arizona Public Service, Arizona State University’s fundraising arm and a secretive “dark money” political action group came under scrutiny this week after tax filing details were uncovered by a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit....

In the weeks following Doug Ducey’s 2014 gubernatorial win, state agencies, departments and commissions prepared a report to provide a snapshot of the organization, from the perspective of its top staff, intended to inform an incoming governor. The reports...